AY 2009-2010 and Summer 2010 Bowdoin Fellows
Institutional Fellowships
Student Faculty Research Grant Fellowships
Departmental Fellowships for Research
Funded Internship Programs
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Student Faculty Research Grant Fellowships
Departmental Fellowships for Research
Funded Internship Programs
| James Stacy Coles Undergraduate Research Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Brittany Strohm '12 | The Role of the Hippocampus in Incremental Spatial Learning and Memory in Rats for the Morris Water Maze |
Seth Ramus |
| Martha Reed Coles Undergraduate Research Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Derek Brooks '12 | The Foot Path and the Straight Road in Yvain | Mary Agnes Edsall |
| Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Coastal Studies Research Fellowship |
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| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Amy Anderson '12 | Investigation of nitrate values at the Harpswell Sound buoy: A comparison of methods | Collin Roesler |
| William Hatleberg '11 |
Diversity and Phylogenectics in Marine Siboglinid Worms |
Daniel Thornhill |
| Laura Newcomb '11 | The Effects of Climate Change on the Calcification of the Temperate Coral Astrangia Poculata |
Daniel Thornhill |
| Lisa Walsh '11 | Analyzing Free-Living Symbiodinium Populations | Daniel Thornhill |
| Jennifer Wenz '12 | The Diversity of Underwater Locomotion in Coos Bay, Oregon | Amy Johnson |
| Teerawat Wiwatpanit '11 | Possible Effects of the Molting Hormone 20-Hydroxyecdysone on Cardiomodulation by C-type Allatostatins in the American lobster | Patsy Dickinson |
| Freedman Summer Research Fellowship in Coastal/Environmental Studies | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Samuel Landis '11 | Hudson Valley Subglacial Meltwater Erosion Research (video available) | Peter Lea |
| Kibbe Science Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Kanokwan Champasa '11 | Metabolic profiling of Helicobacter pylori Glycosylation | Danielle Dube |
| Octavian Neamtu '12 | Building a self-calibrating robot vision system with uses in robotic soccer | Eric Chown |
| Maine Space Grant Consortium Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Christina Argueta '11 | Navigating Mathematical Groups with Maps and Addresses | Jennifer Taback |
| Benjamin Berg '12 | The role of semaphorin 2a in compensatory sprouting of damaged cricket auditory neurons | Hadley Horch |
| Hannah Peckler '11 |
The role of VAMP in compensatory dendritic sprouting crickets | Hadley Horch |
| Dorothy Pei '11 | Comparing mitochondrial genomes between Demodex folliculorum and D. brevis: Assessment of divergence times and determination of conserved gene regions | Michael Palopoli |
| William Richard '11 |
Using Swarms to Effectively Achieve Search and Rescue | Stephen Majercik |
| Alicia Satterly '10 | Demodex Folliculorum: The Mitochondrial Genome and the Search for tRNAs | Michael Palopoli |
| Conor Walsh '11 | Fitness Effects of Removing Highly Conserved Non-coding Elements Near the teashirt gene in the Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster | Michael Palopoli |
| John Wendell '11 | A Fresh Look at a Classic Problem: Revisiting Oppenheimer-Snyder Dust Collapse with Moving-Puncture Formulations | Thomas Baumgarte |
| Rusack Coastal Studies Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Jeffery Cook '11 | When to Run: The Underwater Walk-to-Run Transition | Amy Johnson |
| Rachel Eveleth '11 | Geochemical Analysis of Elongated Garnets Exposed in Coastal Outcrops of Harpswell, Maine | Rachel Beane |
| Evan Farley '11 |
Reviving Local Structures and Farming Initiatives: A Structural Analysis in Paint |
Wiebke Theodore |
| Ellen M. and Herbert M. Patterson Research Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Zachary Winters '11 |
Islamic Government and Its Detractors: Religious Opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran | Robert Morrison |
| Peter J. Grua and Mary G. O'Connell Faculty/Student Research Award | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Yando Peralta '11 | Thucydides' Melian Dialogue as Historical Tragedy | Jennifer Kosak |
| Shikha Sheth '11 | Incremental Training and Expression of Remote Spatial Memory in Morris Water Maze | Seth Ramus |
| Surdna Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Kyle Dempsey '11 | Identification of proteins involved in Drosophila homologous chromosome pairing | Jack Bateman |
| Piper Grosswendt '11 | Listening to our Auditors | Marilyn Reizbaum |
| Rosemary Laflam '11 | Education & Elites: Modernizing Islamic Identity in Colonial Bengal | Rachel Sturman |
| Benjamin Messerly '11 | Shaking Surfaces: Investigating Crystalline Solids with Focused Ultrasound | Madeleine Msall |
| Sara Powers '11 |
Identification of neural circuits activated by androstenedione (AD) in male goldfish, Carassius auratus | Rick Thompson |
| Wilson Taylor '11 | Hermeneutics and Hegemony in African-American Political Theology |
Elizabeth Prichard |
| Bo Wang '11 | Synthesis of an azidosugar substrate to selectivity label Helicobacter Pylori's pseudaminic acid | Danielle Dube |
| Tina Zhang '11 | Investigation on Zwitterion Sorption onto Montmorillonite |
Dharni Vasudevan |
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| Beckman Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Molly Kwiatkowski '11 | Do the PS neurons use two neurotransmitters in different locations within the stomatogastric nervous system to coordinate motor patterns? | Patsy Dickinson |
| Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars |
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| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Teresa Arey '11 | The Effect of the Pi-Cation Interaction on the Sorption of Cationic Amines to Aluminosilicates | Dharni Vasudevan |
| Emma Chiappetta '11 | In Introduction to Lie Groups and Representation Theory |
William Barker and Thomas Pietraho |
| Nicole Erkis '12 | Developing a Swarm Based Music System |
Stephen Majercik and Frank Mauceri |
| Alexa Staley '11 | The Oppenheimer-Snyder Dust Cloud Collapse in Moving-Puncture Coordinates |
Thomas Baumgarte |
| James Stacy Coles Summer Research Fellowships in Chemistry and Biochemistry | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Alex Carpenter '10 | 8-Quinolyl-Tetramethylcyclopentadiene: A Tailored Ligand for Cobalt Catalysis | Rick Broene |
| Kaitlin Clifford '12 |
The Synthesis of a Sterically Hindered Metallocene Catalyst | Rick Broene |
| Pornchai Kaewsapsak'12 | Experimental and Computational Studies of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ and Related RuII-Bis-triazine Photocatalysts |
Jeff Nagle |
| Ta-Hsuan Ong '10 |
Characterization of Pyrolysis Oil: Fractionation and Analysis by GC/MC and MALDI-FTMS |
Beth Stemmler |
| Katherine Rawden '12 |
Synthesizing a Cobalt Catalyst to Dimerize Linear Alpha-Olefins |
Rick Broene |
| Taylor Vozniak '12 | Ligands for Cobalt Catalyzed Reactions | Rick Broene |
| Freedman Summer Research Fellowship in Computer Science | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| John Morrison '11 | Line-base Robot Localization Using Kalman Filters |
Eric Chown |
| Gibbons Summer Research Internships | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Ben Johnson '11 | iPhone Application Development |
Eric Chown |
| Scott Longwell '12 |
Development of a Web Application to Explore Twitter Organizations and Collaborations | Dhiraj Murthy |
| Danielle McAvoy '13 | Connect Bowdoin's Computer Science Department with community organizations and identify their programming needs | Steve Majercik and Janice Jaffe |
| Sean McElroy '12 |
Map Historical Data Using GIS | Patrick Rael |
| Nathan Merritt '11 |
Develop algorithms to help the RoboCup robots stay upright | Eric Chown |
| Nicholas Riker '12 | Interactive multimedia concept to highlight a new collection in the Arctic Museum | Genevieve LeMoine |
| Chase Taylor '12 | Map language and political mobilization in Cameroon using GIS |
Ericka Albaugh |
| John Wendell '11 | Modeling a 5-Dimensional Schwarzschild Black Hole | Thomas Baumgarte |
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| Kent Island Summer Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Elizabeth Christiannsen '12 |
Ptilochronology to determine growth rate in Savannah Sparrows |
Nat Wheelwright and Ryan Norris |
| Shem Dixon '11 |
Zostera ecology |
Damon Gannon |
| Bryan Dossman '11 |
Inter-Island variation in SAVS |
Damon Gannon |
| Julia Fiske '12 |
Demographic monitoring of petrels |
Damon Gannon |
| Elsbeth Paige-Jeffers '10 | Light, Abstract Landscape Photography, Rope & Visceral Color. | Damon Gannon |
| Anne Rothacker '11 | Writing Wilderness: The Prose, Poetry, and Plays of Kent Island | Damon Gannon |
| Jacob Shorty '12 | Habitat preference and site fidelity of rock gunnels | Damon Gannon |
| Elizabeth Tarr '12 |
A Summer Upholding Tradition: Monitoring the Leach's Storm Petrel Population on Kent Island | Damon Gannon |
| Elsie Thomson '11 | Soft shell clam, Mya arenaria, burrow depth response to European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, predators in different sediment types | Damon Gannon |
| Latin American Research Studies Grant | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Zulmarie Bosques '11 |
Research and travel in Peru in July 2010 |
Enrique Yepes |
| Christina Pindar '12 |
Research in Nicaragua during winter break | Enrique Yepes |
| Littlefield Summer Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Philip Langley '11 | Flame Synthesis of Metal Oxides | Laurendeau/Nagle |
| Virginia Leone '11 | Flame Synthesis of Metal Oxides | Laurendeau/Nagle |
| Samuel Steward '12 |
Purification and Electronic Spectroscopy of Short Polyenes | Ron Christensen |
| McKee Photography Grant | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Evan Graff '11 | ||
| Piper Grosswendt '11 | Meggan Gould |
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| Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Isa Abney '11 | American Radical Movements of the 1960s and 1970s | Tess Chakkalakal, Elizabeth Muther, and Professor Phyllis Jackson from Pomona College |
| Shazeda Ahmed '12 | ||
| George Aumoithe Jr. '11 | The Politics of Management vs. The Politics of Protest: A History of Early HIV/AIDS Activism and Government Contracts |
Jill Pearlman |
| Rory Brinkman '10 |
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| Sean Campos '11 | ||
| Daniel Chin '12 | A Literary Survey of the Immigrant Experience in French Graphic Novels |
Lindo |
| Kristopher Kline '12 |
Deconstructing the Telenovela: Investigation of Gender in the Latin soap opera | Elena Cueto-Asin |
| Nadja Shaw '12 |
Mapping Intersectionality: The Major Works of Patricia Hill Collins and W.E.B DuBois | Susan Bell |
| Hannah Stokes '11 | Production of Secular and Sacred in Washington DC |
Krista VanVleet |
| Morgan Taggart-Hampton '11 | The relationship between neighborhood characteristics and the incarceration of women in Baltimore, MD |
Craig McEwen |
| Sharon Ulery '11 | ||
| Teona Williams '12 | Separate Not Equal: African Americans on Public Lands | Matthew Klingle |
| Claudia Williams '11 | ||
| Merck/AAAS Grant | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Audery Bergeron '12 |
Localization and function of crustacean AST-C: A mass spectrometric and physiological study using the Jonah crab, Cancer borealis in collaboration with Abishag Suresh '12 |
Beth Stemmler |
| Andrew Cardamone '11 | Phosphorus Source-Sink Dynamics in Androscoggin River Sediments |
Dharni Vasudevan |
| Kentiobong Essien '11 | Source-Sink Dynamics of phosphorus and industrial metals in sediments of the Androscoggin River | John Lichter |
| Abishag Suresh '12 | Developing a Microscale Chemical Technique to Selectively Identify Disulfide Bonded Neuropeptides in Crustaceans in collaboration with Audery Bergeron '12 |
Beth Stemmler |
| Paul L. Nyhus Travel Grant | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Fatoumatta Kunjo '10 | Gambia archives research | Thomas Conlan |
| Brian Powers '10 | African-American physicians in antebellum urban centers | Thomas Conlan |
| Paller Research Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Stan Berkow '11 | Rapid Steroid Modulation in the Goldfish Retina | Richmond Thompson |
| Benjamin Cedars '11 | Expression of the truncated vasotocin receptor in goldfish (Carassius auratus) | Richmond Thompson |
| Riley Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Matthew Gannon '11 |
Archaeological Field Work on the Maine Coast in 2010 | Scott MacEachern |
| Summer Research Fellowship in Archaeology |
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| Fellow | Research Project | Faculty Mentor |
| Zoe Eddy '10 |
Laboratory Research in the Archaeological Collections at Bowdoin College | Scott MacEachern and Susan Kaplan |
| Community Action Fellowship |
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| Fellow | Partner |
| Julia Bender '13 |
Cornerstone |
| Nora Krulwich '11 |
Tedford Shelter |
| Rachel Turkel '11 | Midcoast Health |
| Rachel McDonald '12 |
Five River Arts Alliance |
| Kristin Rogers '12 | Preble Street Resource Center |
| Sophie Springer '11 | Mitchell Institute |
| Colleen Sweeney '11 | Volunteer Lawyers Project |
| Alisha Turak '12 | Maine Center for Economic Policy |
| Davis Project, 100 Projects for Peace | ||
| Fellow | Partner | |
| Christopher Barish '11 | Perscriptions for Peace | |
| Global Citizens Grant | ||
| Fellow | Partner | Location |
| Jamilah Gregory '11 |
Campo Esperanza/Camp Hope Foundation |
Quito, Ecuador |
| Bryce Lednar | Joinng Hearts and Hands | Kisumu, Kenya |
| Kate Leifheit '12 | La Fundación Abuelitos y Abuelitas de la Calle | Quito, Ecuador |
| Ruiqi Tang '13 | Golok Sengcham Drukmo Home for Girls | Tibet, China |
| Sheela Turbek '13 | Fundación Brethren y Unida | Intag, Pedro Moncayo, Ecuador |
| Robert S. Goodfriend Summer Internship Fund | ||
| Fellow | Partner | |
| Linda Kinstler '13 | Boston Review - Editorial Assistant | |
| Lewis Salas '13 | PB Capital Corp. NY - Risk Management/Corp. Credit Intern | |
| Kathryne Savasuk'11 | Company Agenda - Arts & Fashion, Event Planning, PR Intern | |
| Richard B.'62 and Sabra Ladd Government Internship | ||
| Fellow | Partner | |
| Elizabeth Clegg '12 |
US Senate - Senator George Voinovich, Press Intern | |
| Thomas A. McKinley '06 Grant | ||
| Fellow | Partner | Location |
| Katharine Glaser '11 | Create International Artists Cooperative | Ghana |
| Sophie Kemelson '11 | Assistant to Executive Director, Island Connections | Bar Harbor, Maine |
| Nikuradse-Matthews Summer Fellowship | ||
| Fellow | Partner | |
| Awa Diaw '11 |
Harlem Children's Zone - Early Childhood & Harlem Gems Intern | |
| Preston Public Interest Career Fund | |
| Fellow | Partner |
| Evan Boucher '11 | Karama Organazation - Youth Programming Intern - Palestine |
| Martha Clark '11 |
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights - Advocacy Intern |
| Leah Greenburg '13 | Center for Community Alternatives - Reentry Clinic Intern |
| Jamilah Gregory '11 |
Camp Hope - Teaching & Programming Intern - Equador |
| Terranecia Holmes '13 |
Center for Black Women's Wellness - Summer Youth Leaderhip Program Intern |
| Mariya Ilyas '13 | Al-Imtiaz Academy - Teaching Intern - Pakistan |
| Danica Louks '13 | Keystone to Discovery Enrichment Program - Summer Day Camps Creator & Intern |
| Jasmine Mikami '12 |
Seacare - Medical Access Intern |
| Georgia Nowers '12 |
Stephen Leacock Foundation for Children - Get Ahead Project Intern - S. Africa |
| Shanthi Purushotham '12 | Oasis Health Network - Community Prescription Assistance Intern |
| Kristofer Tupper '11 | Kausay Wasi Health Clinic - US Medical Teams Intern - Peru |
| Psi Upsilon/Logan Environmental Fellowship | |
| Fellow | Partner |
| Melissa Anson '11 |
Town of Topsham |
| Scott Webber '11 |
Town of Brunswick |
| Duncan Masland '11 |
Natural Resources Council of Maine |
| Russell Halliday '11 |
Maine League of Conservation Voters |
| Leah Wang '12 | Lower Kennebec Valley Land Trust |
| Katie BLizzaed '11 | Brunswick Topsham Land Trust |
| Elina Keamy '12 |
Cultivating Community |
Award Recipients
Summer Research
Langbein fellow, Aleph Cervo '14, composes a piano quintet. Click here for a video.
Curiosity Peaked: Grua/O'Connell fellow, Danica Loucks '13, hikes the Appalachian trail.
Student poet, Katie Kinkel '13, explores many poetic voices thanks to the Surdna Foundation.
Coastal Studies Summer Fellows present summer reserach projects.
Psi Upsilon fellow, Rachel Courtault '13, seals career goals during internship with Maine Conservation Voters.
Surdna Foundation fellow, Jae Bradley '13, contributes research to boost global food production.
Funded by the Gibbons Summer Research Internship, Rachel Pollinger '15 fuses mathematics and storytelling.
Langbein fellow, Tariq Haq '12, creates 'Elemental' beauty at local school.
Surdna foundation fellow, Kristen Stogsdill '13, teams up with a Bowdoin alumna to research public health and young mothers.
Martha Reed Coles fellow, Max Brandstadt '13, explores Buddhism's subversive edge.
There's a Bowdoin App for that: Rob Visentin '14 uses funds from the Gibbons Summer Research Internship to create build new campus guide.
Jessica Laplante '12 helps heal migrant farm workers with help from the Preston Public Interest Career Fund.
